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Lot 253

[Manning (Frederick)] The Middle Parts of Fortune: Somme & Ancre 1916, 2 vol., one of 520 copies, original brown buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, original slip-case, 8vo, 1929.*** Limited edition of a classic novel of the First World War, originally published anonymously and also abridged and issued for broader circulation under the title Her Privates We. Shocking exploration of the brutality and seeming pointlessness of war from the perspective of the frontline soldier. With scarce slip-case.

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Lot 98

Cunard (Nancy), W.H. Auden, Samuel Beckett, T.S. Eliot, Evelyn Waugh, etc.. Authors Take Sides on the Spanish War, first edition, light spotting to first and last few pages, original wrappers, lightly toned, strip of staining to upper edge lower panel, 8vo, 1937.

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Lot 223

Lawrence (D.H.) Love Among the Haystacks, spotting, browning to endpapers, original buckram-backed cloth, dust-jacket, Nonesuch Press, 1930; Lasca's Story of Doctor Manente, plates, light spotting to endpapers, original paper boards, foxing to covers, dust-jacket, toning to spine, Florence, 1929; My Skirmish With Jolly Roger, publisher's apologia loosely inserted, patterned endpapers, original boards, light toning to spine, New York, 1929, limited editions, near-fine overall; and a first edition of A Propos of Lady Chatterley's Lover, 8vo (4)

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Lot 386

*** Please note, the description to this lot has changed. ***Taylor (Elizabeth) The Wedding Group, first edition, jacket with 2" split along flap joints from bottom, few other nicks and tears to edge, light cockling, edges toned, 1968; Palladian, re-print, 2pp. preliminaries partially stuck together, small abrasion mark to endpapers, jacket partially stuck to boards on flaps, light marks and faint ring stain to lower panel, still overall a sharp example, 1969, association copies, each with signed presentation inscription from the author to her friend Veronica Papworth "Veronica with love from Liz" on front free endpaper or title, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (2) *** Rare association copies, comprising an attractive duo of an early and late novel from the author.The resurgence of mid-century female writers is embodied in the 'other' Elizabeth Taylor. Geoff Dyer's review of her works “Was Elizabeth Taylor the Best British Novelist of the Postwar Era?” (New York Times, 2021) attests to the growing popularity of her post-war fiction in both reading and collecting alike. Here inscribed to close friend Veronica Walley, née Papworth (1913-1992), a columnist and fashion artist for the Sunday Express for 35 years, who married Jon Walley FRCS in 1953. The Walleys and Taylors were neighbours in Penn for a time, and became good friends whilst the Taylors were living in Penn Cottage, Buckinghamshire. In 1956, John and Elizabeth decided to move, and the Walleys sold them a property called called Grove's Barn. Elizabeth wrote of the house that “it has a very small garden and a tiny courtyard with a fine view across Windsor Castle to the Surrey Hills”. The Taylors would become sometime guardian for the children while the Walleys were away, and a cartoon by Veronica for an invitation to a shared "Musical Evening” by the women illustrates many happy years spent in the house. – See pp.343-344, The Other Elizabeth Taylor, Nicola Bauman.We cannot trace any other like association copies. 

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Lot 17

Baldwin (James) Giovanni's Room, first English edition, strip of browning on endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, few closed nicks to upper edge, light rubbing to extremities but overall an excellent and sharp copy, 8vo, 1957.

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Lot 195

*** Please note, the description to this lot has changed.*** Ishiguro (Kazuo) An Artist of the Floating World, second printing, signed presentation inscription from the author on title, 1986; When We Were Orphans, first edition, signed by the author on title, 2000; Never Let Me Go, first edition, jacket with light surface marking, 2005; and 4 others by the same, mint or fine, 8vo or 4to (7)

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Lot 378

Stoker (Bram) The Mystery of the Sea, first English edition, 4pp. publisher's advertisements, light scuffing to spines ends, 1922 § Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Last Galley, first edition, lacking frontispiece, embossed "presentation copy" stamp on title, light spotting, cloth lightly discoloured, 1911 § Hodgson (William Hope) The House on the Borderland, cheap edition, 1921, original boards or cloth; and 7 others, weird and mystery fiction, 8vo (10)

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Lot 126

Fleming (Ian) Casino Royale, first edition, first impression, internally clean, original black boards with heart motif in red to upper cover, spine lettered in red, mint, first issue dust-jacket without Sunday Times review, neat and expert repairs along edges, spine ends retouched affecting author's name to spine head, light discolouration to lower panel, still in effect a fine copy, 8vo, 1953. *** Rare in such clean and bright condition, difficult to find un price-clipped. 

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Lot 157

Graves (Robert) I, Claudius, first edition, folding pedigree at end, Harrods circulating library blind-stamp to rear pastedown, foxing, occasional spotting, original cloth, some bumping to spine tips and corners, rubbed, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, affecting first word of title at head of spine, closed tear running into rear panel, strengthening tape to verso, toning and surface soiling to lower panel, 1934; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (4)

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Lot 400

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, light scuffs to spine head, otherwise fine, 8vo, 1962. *** Rare in such condition.

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Lot 339

Rushdie (Salman) The Satanic Verses, original boards, fine, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, otherwise fine, 8vo, 1988;Imaginary Homelands, 1991; Haroun and the Sea of Stories, 1990; Two Years, Eight Months & Twenty-Eight Nights, 2015; Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights, first American edition, 2015, first or first American editions, all signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jackets, fine or near-fine copies; and 11 others by the same, including a fine copy of Shame, 8vo (16)

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Lot 5

Agate (James) Ego 3, signed presentation inscription from the author to front endpaper, frontispiece and plates, original cloth, spine slightly faded, dust-jacket, spine and joints toned, a few other faint marks, top edge a little frayed, 1938; Ego 8, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front endpaper, frontispiece, original cloth, a little faint damp-staining, damp-staining, spine and folds toned and rubbed, a few small tears and nicks, some faint damp-staining,  1946; A Shorter Ego, 6 vol. in 2, an unnumbered ('special') copy  from an edition limited to 110 copies, signed by the author on limitation page, original blue morocco-backed cloth, spines toned and worn, edges uncut, 1946; and 2 others Agate, including a proof copy of A Shorter Ego vol. 1, 8vo (6)  

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Lot 100

Dahl (Roald) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "to Vickie love Roald Dahl" on front free endpaper, very light toning to page margins, original boards, one or two light surface marks to covers, spine worn and splitting down joints but holding firm, laminate peeling away at spine and a little cockled on boards, 8vo, 1967.

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Lot 155

Grahame (Kenneth) The Wind in the Willows, first edition, half-title, frontispiece by Graham Robertson, tissue-guard, "presentation copy" stamp on title, endpapers lightly browned with ink ownership names,  occasional light scattered spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, rather worn, lower cover detached, spine worn and browned, repaired with tape, edges bumped, rubbed, and fraying, 8vo, 1908.

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Lot 50

Benchley (Peter) Jaws, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author with shark doodle on title, South African advertisement flier for the present work along with newspaper clippings regarding the book and film all loosely inserted at rear, ink ownership inscription to head of front free endpaper, tape-stain to front pastedown, original boards, slight sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light creasing to head and foot, later price supplied by hand to front flap, a near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1974.

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Lot 36

Ballard (J. G.) Low-Flying Aircraft and Other Stories, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, light toning to head, else fine, 8vo, 1976.

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Lot 328

Rowling (J.K.) [The Harry Potter novels], 7 vol., comprising Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 27th printing, 1997; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 12th printing, 1998; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 5th printing, 1999; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, first edition, 2000, each with Bloomsbury Publishing bookplates signed by the author on pastedown; and 3 others in the series, all first editions, fractional creasing to spine ends, otherwise fine copies, 8vo.  

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Lot 81

Carter (Angela) Shadow Dance, first edition, jacket edges a little toned, spine faded, light chips to extremities, 1966; Black Venus, first edition, signed by the author on title, 1985; Love, revised edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper, 1971, original boards, dust-jackets; and 15 others by Carter, 8vo (18)

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Lot 412

Waugh (Evelyn) Robbery Under Law: The Mexican Object-Lesson, first edition, light spotting to first and last several leaves, original boards, spine ends very lightly bumped, boards very slightly discoloured, very slightly bowed, dust-jacket, price-clipped, a few minor dye stains, a couple of short tears, spine ends and corners frayed and chipped with very small repair to spine head, spine and lower panel toned, lightly soiled, otherwise a very good example overall of a scarce jacket, 8vo, 1939. 

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Lot 282

Naipaul (V. S.) Miguel Street, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light toning and surface soiling to lower panel, 1 or 2 short nicks to head, an excellent example, 8vo, 1959.

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Lot 255

Mantel (Hilary) Eight Months on Ghazzah Street, first edition, David Lodge's copy with many annotations and revisions, original boards, dust-jacket, light chips and nicks to extremities, otherwise excellent, 8vo, 1988. *** David Lodge (1935-) is best known as an author and esteemed literary critic. He has also turned his hand to screenplay and adaptation of his own and other works, including Small World (1988) and Nice Work (1989). The copy above has copious notes throughout, including suggested sections splitting up the work into 12 parts (potentially for 12 episodes). Other annotations include large sections and paragraphs crossed through to denote omissions from the screenplay, changes of dialogue, and the odd marginalia ("for beginning of second Ep." at the head of chapter 2). Another note on the front free endpaper warns "Deadline 12.12.88", one that was either not attained, or for whatever reason the project not continued. A curious and rare association item. 

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Lot 320

Ravilious (Eric).- Richards (J.M.) High Street, first edition, wood-engraved title vignette and 24 colour lithograph plates by Eric Ravilious, small neat ownership name on front free endpaper, light spotting, original pictorial boards, parts of spine detached (one portion loosely inserted), corners a little bumped, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, Curwen Press for Country Life Ltd., 1938.*** One of the best examples of Ravilious's experimentations with colour lithography produced for the Curwen Press.

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Lot 161

Greene (Graham) Stamboul Train, first edition, second impression with "Quin Savory", 1932; The Confidential Agent, cloth with small biro mark to upper cover, lightly discoloured, 1939; The Comedians, ink gift inscription on front free endpaper, jacket price-clipped, 1966; The Quiet American, jacket price-clipped, 1955; Our Man in Havana, light foxing, 1958; A Burnt Out Case, 1960, first editions, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets, some light rubbing and chipping to extremities, otherwise excellent; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (8)

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Lot 326

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first paperback edition, second printing with reverse of title with the number sequence 10 to 2, toning to page margins, heavier to half-title, original wrappers, light creasing to extremities, laminate very slightly peeling from edges, spine fractionally faded, [c.f. Errington A1(aa)], 8vo, 1997.

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Lot 54

[Blixen (Karen)], "Isak Dinesen". Out of Africa, first American edition, Book-of-the-Month Club 4pp. pamphlet regarding this work loosely inserted, neat pencil inscription of Clive Hirschhorn to front pastedown, original decorated cloth, slight bumping to spine tips else fine, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, spine tips and corners a little chipped, a near-fine example, 8vo, New York, 1938.*** This copy sold at the Hirschhorn sale, Bloomsbury Auctions, 25th October, 2012, lot 27B.

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Lot 428

Woolf (Virginia) The Waves, first edition, second impression, original cloth, light sunning to foot of spine, dust-jacket designed by Vanessa Bell and priced at 7/6, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short nicks with light creasing to head, some light spotting to upper panel, an excellent example overall, [cf. Kirkpatrick A16a], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1931.*** Published in the same month as the first impression in a run of 4,940 copies, compared with 7,113 copies for the first impression. 

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Lot 164

Greene (Graham) A Visit to Morin, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to his friend Thomas [Gilby] "for Thomas | with love from Graham | Christmas 1960", with another gift inscription beneath from the recipient to others on front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, very minor creasing to spine head, otherwise fine, 8vo, 1959. *** The text was first published in London Magazine in January 1957; Greene had this edition printed for private distribution in a run of 250 copies only. This copy inscribed to Thomas Gilby, a Dominican priest and friend of Greene's. 

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Lot 31

Ballard (J. G.) Crash, first edition, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, very slight fading along upper and lower edges, dust-jacket, light rubbing and  creasing to head and foot, near-fine otherwise, 8vo, 1973.*** Ballard's superb exploration of car-crash sexual fetishism. Initially controversial, Crash is now regarded as a landmark work of postmodern fiction.

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Lot 352

Sayers (Dorothy L.) In the Teeth of the Evidence and Other Stories, first edition, small ink ownership name on front free endpaper, light splash marks to boards, 1939;The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, first cheap edition, cloth spine faded, 1935; The Man Born to be King, first edition, dust-jacket, portions of loss to spine ends, tears, light toning and chipping to extremities, 1943, original boards; and 14 others by or relating to Sayers, 8vo (17)

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Lot 185

Hirst (Damien) Beyond Belief, first edition, signed by the artist with doodle of heart on first page, illustrations, original boards, fine, 2008.

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Lot 86

Chandler (Raymond) The Long Good-Bye, first edition, the odd spot or very occasional patch of foxing, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, spine a little faded, spine ends and corners chipped affecting author's name at head of spine, closed tears with some creasing to head and foot and neat tape repairs to verso, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1953.

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Lot 338

Rushdie (Salman) The Satanic Verses, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, fine, 8vo, 1988.

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Lot 380

Suppressed literature.- James (Norah C.) Sleeveless Errand, first edition, endpapers lightly spotted, original cloth, 8vo, 1929.*** Like Radclyffe Hall’s The Well of Loneliness, Sleeveless Errand fell foul of the Obscene Publications Act 1857, and was effectively suppressed 2 days before publication with the police seizing all copies from the publisher, Eric Partridge. Following the seizure and destruction of this 500 copy run of the London edition, primarily for its cursing by a female author ("bloody hell", "buggery"), Jack Kahane acted quickly to reissue the book in Paris the same year. Kahane would go on to set up the Obelisk Press. Fortunately, Norah James was not deterred by the ‘moral righteousness and official Pecksniffery’ of the British Home Office (in Garnett’s words) and went on to author over 60 books. Known as Jimmy to her friends, in later life Jones lived with her partner Barbara Beauchamp. 

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Lot 238

Lessing (Doris) The Memoirs of a Survivor, first edition, second impression, signed presentation inscription from the author to "My dear Fay", toned, 1985; Canopus in Argos: Archives, 5 vol., first American edition, vol.5 jacket edges slightly frayed, a couple of small stains, a few short tears, New York, 1979-83; The Habit of Loving, first edition, bookseller's label to front pastedown, jacket lightly toned along spine and edges, very light staining along spine, 1957, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 13 others by Lessing, including a signed limited edition of Under My Skin, 8vo (20) *** Upon Lessing's death, her contemporary Fay Weldon, to whom this copy is inscribed, praised the Nobel Prize-winning writer for “her concern for humanity, her sense of the sweep of history and her ability to place human beings in it”.

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Lot 387

Taylor (Elizabeth) Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont, reprint, association copy with signed presentation inscription from the author, New York, 1971; Palladian, reprint, association copy with signed presentation inscription from the author, ownership inscription from Veronica Walley on front free endpaper, 1969; In a Summer Season, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, additionally signed by the author with strikethrough printed name on title, light damp-staining on corner of first few pages, cloth discoloured and rather rubbed, splitting down lower joint, New York, 1961, original cloth; and 3 others by Taylor, including 2 other first editions, 8vo (6)*** A lovely group of rare association copies by the celebrated novelist Elizabeth Taylor.The resurgence of mid-century female writers is embodied in the 'other' Elizabeth Taylor. Geoff Dyer's review of her works “Was Elizabeth Taylor the Best British Novelist of the Postwar Era?” (New York Times, 2021) attests to the growing popularity of her post-war fiction in both collecting and reading alike.A few copies here inscribed to Veronica Walley, née Papworth (1913-1992), a columnist and fashion artist for the Sunday Express for 35 years, who married Jon Walley FRCS in 1953. The Walleys and Taylors were neighbours in Penn for a time, and became good friends whilst the Taylors were living in Penn Cottage, Buckinghamshire. In 1956, John and Elizabeth decided to move, and the Walleys sold them a property called Grove's Barn. Elizabeth wrote of the house that “it has a very small garden and a tiny courtyard with a fine view across Windsor Castle to the Surrey Hills”. The Taylors would become sometime guardian for the children while the Walleys were away, and a cartoon by Veronica for an invitation to a shared “Musical Evening” by the women illustrates many happy years spent in the house. – See pp.343-344, The Other Elizabeth Taylor, Nicola Bauman.

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Lot 94

Compton-Burnett (Ivy) [The Works], 19 vol., one of 500 sets, original cloth, dust-jackets, some light fading and a little rubbing to spines, otherwise excellent, housed in 4 cloth slip-cases, 1972; and 9 others relating to Compton-Burnett, including a first edition of Dolores, 8vo (27) *** The group includes a copy of Dolores from 1911, the author's first book and one she dismissed as being written when she was as girl, thus never included in her collected works or republished in her lifetime. 

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Lot 272

Milne (A.A.) [The Christopher Robin Books], 4 vol., comprising When We Were Very Young, ninth edition, endpapers a little browned, 1924; Winnie-the-Pooh, third edition, ownership name on browned endpapers, 1926; Now We Are Six, first edition, page edges a little toned, spine a little faded, 1927; The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, endpapers a little browned, ownership name on half-title, 1928, all with illustrations by E.H. Shepard, original pictorial cloth, t.e.g., ends a little creased and bumped, but a very attractive set overall; and 5 others, mixed children's literature, including 3 Eloise books by Kay Thompson, an attractively bound copy of The Water Babies, and a miniature children's work, v.s. (9)

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Lot 52

Beresford (J. D.) The Hampdenshire Wonder, first English edition, very faint scattered spotting, original boards, spine foxed, dust-jacket, the odd mark, otherwise fine, 8vo, 1911. *** An early science-fiction work about a genius child and the pre-cursor to superhuman fiction. Rare in this condition. 

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Lot 311

Pullman (Philip) His Dark Materials, first collected edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing to head and foot else fine, 8vo, 2001.

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Lot 251

Mailer (Norman) The Naked and the Dead, first edition, first printing with publisher's logo to verso of title, original boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, splitting to upper joint, spine ends and corners chipped, splitting to head of upper fore-edge, a few short tears with creasing to head and foot, 8vo, New York, 1948.*** Mailer's first novel, a classic of Second World War literature. 

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Lot 321

Reed (Oliver) Reed All About Me, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing to edges, otherwise fine, 1979; and a signed photograph of Reed, v.s. (2) *** Complete with a brooding photograph of Reed in his breakout role in The Curse of the Werewolf.  

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Lot 55

Bloch (Robert) Psycho, first edition, endpapers a little marked, page edges toned, original boards, a little rubbed, dust-jacket, edges a little creased, extremities a little chipped and nicked, 8vo, New York, 1959. *** A cornerstone of modern horror fiction.

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Lot 265

McEwan (Ian) The Comfort of Strangers, first American edition, New York, 1981; The Imitation Game & Other Plays, first American edition, Boston, 1982; Or Shall We Die?, first edition, jacket spine sunned, 1983; The Child in Time, first edition,  jacket spine sunned, 1987; Black Dogs, first American edition, 1992, original boards, dust-jackets, one or two nicks to edges, otherwise fine; and 8 others by the same, 8vo (13)

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Lot 173

Haggard (H. Rider) Queen Sheba's Ring, first English edition, light spotting to first few pages, jacket with portions of loss to spine, not affecting title but the imprint on spine tail, spine lightly faded, a few nicks and chips to extremities, splitting down joints, fore-edge spotted, panels bright and clean, 1910; Allan and the Ice Gods, first English edition, foxing to first and last few pages, ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper,  jacket split down lower joint, light chipping and portions of loss to edges, nicks and chips to extremities, 1927; She & Allan, [third edition], 3" tear to jacket upper panel, small portions of loss to corners and extremities, [c.1922]; and 2 others by Haggard, English and American editions of Treasure of the Lake, 8vo (5) *** An excellent group of scarce early jackets from the celebrated adventure writer. 

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Lot 83

Carter (Angela) Nights at the Circus, third impression, signed presentation inscription from the author on title, jacket spine faded, 1985; The Bloody Chamber, first edition, 1979, original boards, dust-jackets, fine or near-fine copies, 8vo (2)

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Lot 385

Taylor (Elizabeth) The Soul of Kindness, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "Jon and Veronica | with love from Liz" on front free endpaper, original boards, corners lightly bumped, dust-jacket, few nicks and chips to extremities, 1" tear to lower joint from bottom, spine ends fraying, light damp-staining, 8vo, 1964. *** Rare association copy of a novel written in the recipient's estate.Here inscribed to Veronica Walley, née Papworth (1913-1992), a columnist and fashion artist for the Sunday Express for 35 years, who married Jon Walley FRCS in 1953. The Walleys and Taylors were neighbours in Penn for a time, and became good friends whilst the Taylors were living in Penn Cottage, Buckinghamshire. In 1956, John and Elizabeth decided to move, and the Walleys sold them a property called Grove's Barn. Elizabeth wrote of the house that “it has a very small garden and a tiny courtyard with a fine view across Windsor Castle to the Surrey Hills”. Elizabeth would write this novel in Grove's Barn in 1962, later impelling Jocelyn Brooke to write of the novel "a study of self-love and self-delusion, and Miss Taylor carries it off splendidly". - p.338, The Other Elizabeth Taylor, Nicola Bauman. 

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Lot 315

Pynchon (Thomas) Gravity's Rainbow, first English edition, some erasure marks to front free endpaper, original boards, bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, rubbing to spine tips and corners, 2 short closed tears to head of lower panel, light creasing to head and foot, an excellent example, 8vo, 1973.

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Lot 133

Fleming (Ian) Goldfinger, first edition, ink ownership inscription on front free endpapers, original boards with skull design in gilt and blind, spine lettered in gilt, second issue dust-jacket with reviews on front flap, upper edge lightly toned and frayed, chips to extremities, spine very faintly toned, 8vo, 1959.

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Lot 172

Haggard (H. Rider) She. A History of Adventure, first edition, first issue with 'Godness' on penultimate line of p.269, half-title, 2 chromolithographed 'facsimile' plates, advertisement f. at end, original dark blue pictorial cloth, gilt, little wear to lower corners, little cocked, otherwise a bright and excellent copy, [Whatmore F4; Scott 5], 8vo, Longmans, Green and Co., 1887.

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Lot 292

Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, occasional scattered spotting, ink inscription to endpaper, original cloth, spine and covers spotted and sunned, spine tips and corners a little frayed, rubbing and marking, facsimile dust-jacket, 1949; and 2 others, including the first English illustrated edition of Animal Farm in a dust-jacket, 8vo (3)

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Lot 137

Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, pencil inscription to front free endpaper, original boards with dagger motif blocked to front board in silver and blind, spine lettered in silver, light edge-spotting, light bumping to spine tips and corners, light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners with strengthening tape repair to verso, light marking and soiling to panels, ink mark to flaps, a very good example generally, 8vo, 1962.

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Lot 314

Pynchon (Thomas) V., first English edition, original boards, some minor edge-spotting, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, some lifting to laminate along lower joint, light rubbing to upper and lower edges, a near-fine example, 8vo, 1963.

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Lot 356

Shepard (Ernest Howard).- Cheddar Gorge. A Book of English Cheeses, edited by John Squire, first trade edition, signed by the illustrator on half-title, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, Autograph Card signed "Kip" from the illustrator loosely inserted, original cloth, light toning to spine, spine tips and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, spine a little chipped and head, some creasing to head, light finger-soiling to rear panel, extremities a little rubbed, and excellent example, 4to, 1937.

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Lot 148

García Márquez (Gabriel) One Hundred Years of Solitude, translated by Gregory Rabassa, first American edition, original cloth, second issue dust-jacket with full stop at end of front flap first paragraph, very short closed tears to head and foot of upper joint, light rubbing to spine ends and corners, a near-fine example, New York, 1970; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (3)

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Lot 383

Taylor (Elizabeth) Hester Lilly and Twelve Short Stories, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to her friends "Veronica and Jon, with love from Liz" on front free endpaper, additionally signed with strikethrough printed name by the author on title, jacket spine faded, 1.5" tear lower spine joint creeping slightly onto spine, other nicks and tears to edges, New York, 1954; The Blush, signed presentation inscription "Jon & Veronica with love from Liz" on front free endpaper, jacket with portion of loss to upper panel, rubbed along joints, short open tears and frays to extremities, 1958; A Dedicated Man and Other Stories, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "Veronica with much love from Liz" on front free endpaper, jacket slightly dulled on spine, few nicks and chips to extremities, 1965, association copies, all with warmly signed presentation inscriptions to the author's friend and neighbour Veronica Papworth, original boards, dust-jackets; and a copy of The Devastating Boys with a similar inscription to the same recipient, 8vo (4) *** Rare association copies, comprising a lovely collection of the author’s lauded short stories. The resurgence of mid-century female writers is embodied in the 'other' Elizabeth Taylor. Geoff Dyer's review of her works “Was Elizabeth Taylor the Best British Novelist of the Postwar Era?” (New York Times, 2021) attests to the growing popularity of her post-war fiction in both reading and collecting alike. Here inscribed to friend Veronica Walley, née Papworth (1913-1992), a columnist and fashion artist for the Sunday Express for 35 years, who married Jon Walley in 1953. The Walleys and Taylors were neighbours in Penn for a time, and became good friends whilst the Taylors were living in Penn Cottage, Buckinghamshire. In 1956, John and Elizabeth decided to move, and the Walleys sold them a property called Grove's Barn. Elizabeth wrote of the house that “it has a very small garden and a tiny courtyard with a fine view across Windsor Castle to the Surrey Hills”. The Taylors would become sometime guardian for the children while the Walleys were away, and a cartoon by Veronica for an invitation to a shared "Musical Evening” by the women illustrates many happy years spent in the house. – See pp.343-344, The Other Elizabeth Taylor, Nicola Bauman.We cannot trace any other like association copies. 

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Kerouac (Jack) On the Road, first English edition, light strip of toning on front free endpaper, bookseller's sticker on pastedown, original boards, very small chip to spine tail, dust-jacket, light creasing and one or two nicks to upper edge, few marks to lower panel, still overall an excellent and crisp copy, 8vo, 1958.

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[Fearn (John Russell)],"Vargo Statten". Creature from the Black Lagoon, first edition, light spotting and strips of browning to endpapers, original boards, spine sunned, dust-jacket, portions of loss to spine head and tail, spine browned, light creasing to edges, the odd nick and short closed tear to extremities, repaired with tape verso, corners chipped, 8vo, [1954].

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Gray (Alasdair) The Fall of Kelvin Walker, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "to Liz from [blank] VIA alasdair 27 March 1984 (no) 6" on front free endpapers, 1985; Something Leather, signed by the author in year of publication on front free endpapers, 1990; 1982 Janine, signed presentation inscription from the author "for Bethsy [printed] and Chris from alasdair 26 March 1986", 1984, first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets, light surface marks, otherwise fine, Edinburgh; and 7 others by Gray, 8vo (10) 

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Amis (Martin) Invasion of the Space Invaders, first edition, presentation copy signed by the author and dated 1989, illustrations, introduction by Steven Spielberg, slight foxing to leaf before title, original pictorial wrappers, small folio, 1982.

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Orwell (George) Burmese Days, first edition, lower hinge cracked, original cloth, spine faded, cloth fabric broken along lower joint, slight fraying to spine ends, few marks to boards, the corners bumped and rubbed, [Fenwick A. 2a], 8vo, New York, 1934.*** The true first edition of Orwell's first novel, published a year before its appearance in the UK, having been rejected by several publishers there for fear of libel. 

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